Harbor Freight 16 Ton Heavy Duty Hydraulic Pipe Bender 

An old school method to prevent kinks and pipes that are being bent. You first have to fill the pipe with sand, both ends capped to prevent sand leaking out. The sand provides internal strength which prevents tube kinks

fill and pack with sand, then cap off the ends prior to bending, it works, I have the same bender.

It’s cause you used the wrong size dia you need to dia to hug the pipe if the pipe is loose in the dia it will do that every time the hugging tight on the pipe will prevent it from collapsing on the sides of where your bending

You just saved me alot of money

You need to move the outer die's closer in. You're allowing for too much leverage on the pipe, which is causing it to kink. Those powered hydraulic benders keep all that stuff tight together so it doesn't have leverage to kink as much. move the outer dies closer to center.

I am not sure if anyone has mentioned it already but I've been wondering if you could fill the pipe with sand and that would act as a mandrel to keep the pipe from collapsing but also be able to flex.

Lisle and Astro tools make an exhaust pipe expander that works great. I use a 1/2 impact on mine and swell pipe nearly everyday. Those cheaper ones are just I tried them prior.

I was thinking to get it. Anyway thanks for demo.

Dude you look like Donnie Baker. Lol. Good video. I second the sand method or I’ve even used dirt packed tight in it with clamp on rubber caps

Try cutting like 50 to 65 percent of the way through the pipe using a reciprocating saw and weld it back together once the bend is made. Cut on the side that faces up or is away from the die

just a idea been trying to figure out how to not kink pipe..2 pipe expanders 2 rubber plumbing caps ..put one cap in the pipe backards an put expander into the cap adjust expander to secure the cap in the pipe fill pipe with water an do the same with cap and expander on the other end .. might keep the pipe from crushing .

What about heating with rose bud?

Perfect. Weld it up and ship it.

I think one of the problems is as I read through the comments hardly anybody knows the difference between a pipe and a tube. That is a pipe bender, not a tube bender. By the way you could put some heat on it since it’s not going to be a pressure peice

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Fill it with sand then plug the ends and bend it

The wheels are too far out on top tension and compression

looks like a good bend to me

Sand filler should prevent kinking the pipe.

Your Pipe flattens out because it has room to expand if you containment with a half pipe over the center of your day of the same diameter of your pipe it will have nowhere to go

Heat with torch?

Can I bend 2 7/8 oil field pipe ?

Fill pipe full of Oil Dry, cat litter, tape up ends.

Pipe and tubing out side size are different. This is a pipe bender.

Find a pipe of the same diameter schedule 40 or better cut it to the half diameter or radius so that it cradles the top side of your pipe so that your pipe has nowhere to expand

Nice try ...hopefully it works on the thinner pipe but im sure you will find an alternative use for it either way 👍

I'm thinking about getting myself one to try and build a custom motorcycle frame

I think that is for bending bars, not pipes.

Hi, can you do 2” rigid pipe?

A good fit with dies will help, but TRY MOVING the top 2 dies as close as possible to center and KEEP REPOSITIONING THEM OUTWARD as you approach binding. That's how I would try it. I don't have one, BUT I'm a smart mfer. Then I wake up! Lol

Where did you get the tailpipe expander?

You need to make end plugs from wood then fill the pipe with sand. Then it will hold its shape when bending.

Can you bend square tubing ?

Lay it FLAT,(on the foor).

So isn’t pipe different from tube? Tube is generally thin walled, pipe is thicker...

That was operator error

I would return it. That's a pretty expensive 16 ton bottle jack!

Fill it full of sand and lala....no kinks

Probably should heat it up first